[JustPlainJoe]

I find it strange that these public office-holding democrats
absolutely FLEE from the words 'socialist' or 'liberal', while their bases, the average democrats on the street are
PROUD to be 'liberals' or even 'socialists'. It's a badge of honor to them. How can a party have success when in order to be elected, you have to HIDE the truth of what you are?

Also, they resort to hype to try to get the 'youth' vote.
What do all those kids at the Springsteen rallys or watching MTV's 'Rock the vote' know about issues? Nothing.
They follow because the Boss is 'cool' and MTV is 'cool'. It's the cool thing to do. You can't hold a party together on hype. There MUST be substance. Issues that can hold up for years and decades.

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"the average democrats on the street are PROUD to be 'liberals' or even 'socialists'. It's a badge of honor to them. How can a party have success when in order to be elected, you have to HIDE the truth of what you are?"

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Socialism in America's Congress: A Primer (Vanity)
nicmarlo | 3/17/2003 | nicmarlo

Posted on 04/17/2003 4:48:52 PM PDT by nicmarlo

Socialism in America's Congress: A Primer

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened." (Norman Thomas, 1936 presidential candidate on the Socialist ticket)

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The outright socialism of their hard-core also causes them great trouble in the primaries. You have to be a raving lib like Kerry or pretend to be, like Dean, to get the nomination. Then, you are screwed in the General Election.

Interestingly, Hitlery may not have that problem. She can possibly get the nomination without running as a socialist.